Spring wire reel



March 22, 1932.

c cRocKER SPRING WIRE REEL Filed Sept. 27, 1950 2 Sheets-Sheet 1'nuenlor A Homey March 22, 1932. c N, CRQCKER v 1,850,315

SPRING WIRE REEL Filed Sept. 27, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 By AllorneyInventor my Patented Mar. 22, 1932.

UNEI M rEsf. AT-Z N {CLARENCE ,N. cRooKER; or EUGENE, OREGON;

sraine WIRE REEL I f Application filed September 27; 1930. scram;484,884

This invention relates to spring Wire reels, and'an' object of theinvention is to provide a spring wire reel for holding a coil of springit is being unwound from the wire while roll. I I

Another feature of the invention is to pr vide wavy reel so that thestrand of wire feeds out of theholder without tangling-and at the sametime prevents casual unwinding of thewire. Another purpose of thepresent invention is to makeawire reel to make it convenient for any onesuch' as piano tuners, repairmen, aeroplane factories or other factoriesand retail stores to handle spring wire without With the foregoing andother objects in view, the invention consists of a novel construction,combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter morespecifically described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,wherein is disclosed an embodiment of the invention, but it is to beunderstood that changes, variations, and

modifications may be resorted to without'departing from the spirit ofthe claims hereto appended.

In the drawings wherein like reference characters denote correspondingpartsthroughout the several views Figure 1 is a side elevation of thereel in accordance with the present invention in the r assembledrelation;

Fig. 2' is a side View of one of the sections of the reel.

Fig. 3 is a diametric detailed sectional view through the section of thereel in disassem bled relation.

Fig. 4 is a detailed diametric sectional,

aperture intheperiphery of the view showing both sectionsof the reelinthe assembledr'relationi r Fig. 5 is an end view of the reel in theassembled' relation; e

- Fig.6 is a plan view of the* blank of metal from whichis formed thespacing bands, and Fig. 7 is a perspective View of the split lockingring."

Inthe drawingslwherein for-the purpose 1 of illustration shown thepreferred em; bodimentof my invention A indicates generally the'reel inthe assembled'relation which. is formed of two disk sections-indicatedgenerally at 10,11 that are. detachably coupled t'ogetherY The disks 10,11am formed with a view to fabricating'them in a single operationas willbe apparent asthe description proceeds.

The disks 10, 11 are respectively formed 1 with inwardly directed sleevehubs '12,. 13 which in the assembled relation have the confronting edgesthereof in abutment to form a bearing for a shaft on'which the reel'rotates. Both of the walls 14, 15 of the disks slope inwardly ,from theouter ends of the sleeves 12,13 to the inner edge of the sege mentalmounted rims 16, 17 formed on the I peripheries of the disks.

It will be the sloping portions,;andthe segmental rims, provide forforming the disks 10, 11 out of a singleblank of relatively thinmetalsuch as sheet steel. .The confronting outer edges of the segmentalrims 16, 17 are cut to a waving configuration as at 18, '19 so that whenthe disk sections 10, 11 are assembled and properly spaced as willappear, there isa continnous wavy slot 21 formedin the outer peripheryofthe reel as will appear in Fig. 5 of the drawings. The rims 16,17 eachhave a series of circular openings 22, 23 in their side walls to permitthe cutting of the band wire that holds the roll ofwire together as itis shipped from. the factory. Each one of the series of openings on eachrim 16, '17 are in alinement with eachbther."

In the'sloping portion 15 of the section 11 are formed an-annular seriesof spaced slots apparent that the sleeve hubs, I

24 throughwhich extend the spaced locking ears 25 formed on one edge ofthe spacing

